Re: CUPS question
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:32:06PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 10:40:33PM +1000, Robert Martinovic wrote:
> | Hey,
> |
> | On the advice of others, I installed CUPS, and have got some results
> | for my printing problems. There is still something wrong.
> |
> | With the cups web interface, I can print a test page ok, but when I
> | sent a normal job from a bash prompt - nothing. Funny thing is:
> | * cups' web interface registers the job, and says that is printed
> | ok
> | * i can see on my eth0 that the data actually went from my pc
> | (192.168.1.1) to the printer (192.168.1.3)
> | * the light on the front of the printer begins to flash as the
> | job comes, and then nothing
> |
> | Any suggestions?
>
> What kind of printer? Does the printer have an LCD display (like
> older or bigger laserjets)?
It is a Lexmark Optra M410, and yes it does have a LCD display. It a
networked postcript laser.
> I haven't done any configuring of ethernet printers, but I do have an
> older Laserjet IIIp and an old Seiko ColorPointPS. I have found that
> if I send PS Level2 data to the printer the LED will flash as it gets
> data, but the LCD will display "Flushing PS Job" and once the spooler
> has sent all the data nothing happens. I would suggest sending a plain
> text file to the printer to see what it does, then verify that the
> document you tried to send was the proper format (PS Level1 or
> whatever).
When I send a job, it says "Busy" and then the LED stops flashing and
the display reads "Ready". I have tried pdf, txt and ps files, and all
the same result
Rob
> HTH,
> -D
>
>
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